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All Rhino Species |
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The GEF Project on the conservation strategy for rhinoceros in SE Asia has been approved by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Governments of Indonesia and Malaysia. The project will be activated in January 1995 and will continue for 3 years. The development of the project was initiated at the 'Preliminary UNEP Conference among Rhinoceros Range States, Consumer States, and Donors', December 1992. This project represents the first GEF project which specifically concentrates on the rhinoceros. This is in recognition of the 'emergency' situation which exists for the Sumatran and Javan rhinos. The project will use the rhinoceros in SE Asia as both an 'umbrella' and a 'flagship' species for conservation of its ecosystem. The GEF porject will help to catalyze full implementation of the conservation strategy and action plans for the rhino in both Indonesia and Malaysia. It will concentrate on the Sumatran rhino, considered more critically endangered, but benefits will accrue for the Javan Rhino. The project will provide technical training, operational support, and a long-term funding plan. There are three major elements:
1. To enhance the capabilities of conservation agencies (governmental and non-governmental) to arrest and reverse the decline of the rhinoceros due to poacher activity and habitat disturbance.
2. To develop more involvement by, as well as benefits and incentives for, local human communities in rhino conservation.
3. To formulate, catalyse and initiate a comprehensivem sustainable funding plan for rhino strategy.
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Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group
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